My next learning curve... from brute force to hybrid with rules.

[philsmd]

-a 3 is only used for mask attack

if you want to use hybrid (-a 6 or -a 7) you need to adjust your command line... most importantly the -a x option.

for -a 6 and -a 7 you need to provide both the mask and the dictionary
-a 6: first parameter is dictionary, second is mask
-a 7: first parameter is mask, second is dictionary